MoveOn backs Alsobrooks, the start of a likely expensive race for funding
MoveOn.org is endorsing Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee for Senate, in her bid against former Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican. File photo by Danielle E. Gaines.…
Bristol Bay salmon would benefit from added protection in federal law
A spawning male sockeye salmon is seen in July 2010 in the Wood River, part of the Bristol Bay watershed. Bristol Bay is the site of the world’s largest sockeye…
Mark Kelly pledges to codify Roe abortion rights
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly addresses the media after touring a Planned Parenthood clinic in Tempe on May 29, 2024. Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez | Arizona Mirror U.S. Senator Mark…
How WA counties are spending millions in opioid settlement dollars
Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and its owners, the Sackler family, have faced hundreds of lawsuits across the country due to their role fueling the opioid epidemic. (Drew Angerer/Getty…
Increased enforcement, fines take effect this weekend in highway work zones
Motorists who speed through work zones like this road-widening project on Route 32 in Howard County could face stiffer penalties. File photo by Bruce DePuyt. Motorists who speed through highway…
House Republicans who investigated AG Mayes say she should be impeached
Attorney General Kris Mayes in January 2023. Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 A group of Arizona House Republicans is calling for the impeachment of Democratic Attorney…
Maryland joins 20 states, Biden administration in bid to modernize nation’s aging power grid
High-voltage power lines on May 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Maryland is one of 21 states joining a Biden administration to push modernize the nation’s aging electric grid…
Low-wage states with cheap housing dominated the post-pandemic jobs boom
A person watches the sunrise over the downtown skyline on March 19, 2024 in Austin, Texas. From peaking in 2022, home prices and apartment rents in Austin, Texas, have declined…
McDonald ekes out likely win in Democratic primary contest in House District 16
Sami Al-Abdrabbuh and Sarah Finger McDonald, Democratic candidates in the state House District 16 primary. (Provided) Sarah Finger McDonald is on track to defeat Sami Al-Abdrabbuh in the primary race…
House Speaker Johnson opposes radiation compensation for Missouri, New Mexico
A photo taken in 1960 of deteriorating steel drums containing radioactive residues near Coldwater Creek, by the Mallinckrodt-St. Louis Sites Task Force Working Group (State Historical Society of Missouri, Kay…